The Boys of Dungeon Lane
by Paul McCartney
- Type: Album
- Released: 2026-05-29
- Label: Capitol
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 47:12
- Community rating: 3.31/5 from 19 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Recorded over a four-year period, 'The Boys of Dungeon Lane' finds the legendary songwriter looking backward with a deeply nostalgic and bittersweet lens. The album weaves intricate baroque and progressive pop flourishes into a core of melodic pop-rock, crafting lush, orchestral arrangements that explore themes of childhood, domesticity, and the passage of time. It stands as a warm, reflective late-career statement, balancing his signature upbeat melodicism with a soft, sentimental intimacy.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, male vocalist, suburban, orchestral, progressive
Tracklist
- As You Lie There (4:45)
- Lost Horizon (3:03)
- Days We Left Behind (3:18)
- Ripples in a Pond (2:43)
- Mountain Top (3:39)
- Down South (2:23)
- We Two (3:01)
- Come Inside (3:13)
- Never Know (4:15)
- Home to Us (3:11)
- Life Can Be Hard (3:15)
- First Star of the Night (2:57)
- Salesman Saint (3:20)
- Momma Gets By (4:04)
Credits
- Paul McCartney - primary artist, arranged by [strings], creative director [creative direction], artwork [album artwork], producer, vocals, electric guitar, acoustic bass, bass, piano, harmonium, harpsichord, electric piano [rhodes], synthesizer [moog], electric piano [wurlitzer], mellotron, spinet, organ, recorder, loops [brenell], drums, percussion, written-by
- Ben Foster - arranged by [big band brass, strings & orchestra], conductor [conducted by]
- Giles Martin - arranged by [big band brass, strings & orchestra]
- Kate Gibb - artwork [silkscreen treatment]
- David Lane - creative director [creative direction], artwork [album artwork]
- Lane & Associates - creative director [creative direction], artwork [album artwork]
- Randy Merrill - mastered by
- Paul Lamalfa - mixed by, recorded by
- Steve Orchard - mixed by, recorded by, recorded by [orchestral sessions]
- Andrew Watt - musician [additional], producer, written-by [contributions]
- Chrissie Hynde - musician [additional]
- Mike Davis - musician [additional]
- Nancy McCartney - musician [additional]
- Ringo Starr - musician [additional]
- Sharleen Spiteri - musician [additional]
- Josh McCartney - photography by
- Mary McCartney - photography by
- Keith Smith - recorded by [assistant]
- Marco Sonzini - recorded by [assistant]
- Neil Dawes - recorded by [orchestral sessions assistant]